NYTimes - Environment

The president promised a record display of some 850,000 pyrotechnics for the country’s 250th birthday. The Park Service warned it could get dirty.

A new study suggests that deep-sea life reaps the benefits of icebergs’ castoffs — a rare silver lining as a warming planet destabilizes glacial ice.

In New York City, emergency rooms last week logged the highest number of patients treated for heat-related illnesses in years.

As triple-digit temperatures engulf much of the United States, the Trump administration wants grid managers to require the use of backup power that often goes unused.

Bill Frist, a surgeon who also served as Senate majority leader, has emerged as an outspoken advocate for environmental health. “A healthier planet means healthier people,” he said.

The Midwest will get a break but temperatures for much of the East Coast will again climb above 100 degrees. Stay indoors as much as possible, experts said.

The president used his clemency power to further undermine environmental laws and to help a political supporter who pleaded guilty in a fraud involving Jack Abramoff.

While relief could come to the Great Lakes and parts of the Northeast over the weekend, the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast will stay hot.

Throughout history, people have come up with surprising ways to beat the heat that actually work.

Scientists have said the conditions are the result of a climate that is “fundamentally different” from the time before fossil fuel use started rapidly warming the world.

And why the most patriotic approach to the Reflecting Pool may be to let the algae take over.

Beef is far worse for greenhouse gas emissions compared with other meat.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to end longstanding guidance that radiation exposure be “as low as reasonably achievable.”

A growing body of research has shown that our brains work differently when temperatures spike.

The decision was a win for the Trump administration as it pushes to remove material that the president has called inappropriate or “woke.”

The snowfall from last winter disappeared a month sooner than usual, after two early hot spells. Huge volumes of exposed ice are now starting to vanish.

As the planet gets hotter overall, heat waves are getting hotter, longer and more frequent.

We asked people whose jobs require them to routinely face temperatures over 100 degrees for their coping strategies. Start with water.

Organizers want the July 4 fireworks in the nation’s capital to break the world record. But the fun will also come with air pollution and possibly headaches for pet owners and zoo keepers.

More than 160 million people are under extreme heat warnings or heat advisories ahead of the Fourth of July weekend.